Asics was founded in Kobe, Japan in 1949 by Kihachiro Onitsuka, who started making basketball shoes in a country rebuilding from the war. In 1977 the company merged with GTO and Jelenk to become ASICS — an acronym of Anima Sana In Corpore Sano, Latin for "a sound mind in a sound body." GEL cushioning arrived in 1986; the Gel-Kayano launched in 1993, named after in-house designer Toshikazu Kayano. The modern foam arc — FF Blast+, FF Blast+ Eco, FF Turbo+, FF Turbo², FF Leap — continues a 75-year engineering culture that puts underfoot science before marketing.
The Sonicblast is Asics' new 2025 plated speed trainer — FF Turbo² on top, FF Blast MAX underneath, a 3/4-length Pebax Astroplate between. 46 mm stack, 255 g. It sits below MetaSpeed and above Superblast in intent: tempo blocks, threshold work, half-marathon pace. Livelier forefoot than Superblast, sharper rocker, a plated tempo shoe rather than a full racer.
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Asics was founded in Kobe, Japan in 1949 by Kihachiro Onitsuka, who started making basketball shoes in a country rebuilding from the war. In 1977 the company merged with GTO and Jelenk to become ASICS — an acronym of Anima Sana In Corpore Sano, Latin for "a sound mind in a sound body." GEL cushioning arrived in 1986; the Gel-Kayano launched in 1993, named after in-house designer Toshikazu Kayano. The modern foam arc — FF Blast+, FF Blast+ Eco, FF Turbo+, FF Turbo², FF Leap — continues a 75-year engineering culture that puts underfoot science before marketing.
The Sonicblast is Asics' new 2025 plated speed trainer — FF Turbo² on top, FF Blast MAX underneath, a 3/4-length Pebax Astroplate between. 46 mm stack, 255 g. It sits below MetaSpeed and above Superblast in intent: tempo blocks, threshold work, half-marathon pace. Livelier forefoot than Superblast, sharper rocker, a plated tempo shoe rather than a full racer.
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